human digestive system

Question 1

What are the four stages within digestion?

Answer 1

Ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination

Question 2

What is ingestion ?

Answer 2

Eating your food

Question 3

What is digestion ?

Answer 3

digestion is where biomolecule polymers are broken down

Question 4

What happens in absorbsion ?

Answer 4

All of this is absorbed

Question 5

What happens in elimination ?

Answer 5

Anything that was not digested from the body will be removed

Question 6

What does your mouth do?

Answer 6

it realises saliva which contains enzymes with breaks down the food, chemical digestion and mechanical digestion takes place

Question 7

Why is slaliva helpful ?

Answer 7

Contains enzymes, it counteracts the acidity in your mouth, saliva can also prevent tooth decay

Question 8

What does your tounge do ?

Answer 8

Help shape food into a bolus

Question 9

What is the epiglottis ?

Answer 9

blocks trachea during act of swallowing food

Question 10

What is parastaltis?

Answer 10

wave like movements that happens oesophagus that helps move the food

Question 11

How much can an adult stomach store?

Answer 11

2l of food and liquid

Question 12

What does acids in stomach include ?

Answer 12

hydrochloric acid, enzymes

Question 13

What leaves the stomach?

Answer 13

Chyme

Question 14

What happens in small intestines?

Answer 14

chemical digestion of carbs, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids

Question 15

What can be absorbed?

Answer 15

glucose, fructose, amino acids

Question 16

Where does absorption take place?

Answer 16

Small intestine in the lining called vili

Question 17

What does shape of them do?

Answer 17

Help’s them absorb more nutrients

Question 18

What is the role of the large intestine?

Answer 18

Make sure that we do not lose water